The main commuter route - down Adelaide Ave, onto the path at the rdbt of death, and chucking a right at the Launceston street lights has a massive pothole that I found the other night in the dark.

The gubmint or someone has done roadworks at the slip lane travelling north from Yamba Drive left onto Launceston. Friday night I was travelling south and turning right, and found it in the dark and dropped a foot. actually surprised myself I didn't faceplant up the other side. its virtually invisible in the sand covered gravel. It was still lethal last night, and judging by the comment of a fellow rider at the lights, he'd found it on Friday night too.

Have you maybe got a can of spray paint you could mark it with until the hole is fixed (could be some time the way the govt "works"...)? Or find an orange roadwork cone and place it near the hole - plenty of roadwork cones out at Gungalin at the moment!

With the recent dry weather watch out for wildlife on the paths. I encountered a couple of wallabies near Lake Gininderra last night sitting right in the middle of an unlit path. Luckily, I avoided them but the outcome could have been very different.

The Cotter Road arrangements at Curtin have changed again. Not sure if it is just for the non road working times but you now revert to going under the bridge with the temporary bridge on the Southern side of Cotter Road now being used. Be wary - particularly if North bound - as the signage hasn't changed.

Black Magna is gone, now replaced by a white car of some description (like a minivan Tarago type thing I think) but further down the Majura Parkway near the roadworks for new access road to Ikea.

It never ceases to amaze me the amount of presumably broken down cars (or maybe run out of fuel) on the side of major roads in Canberra. I've owned and driven cars ranging in value from $50 to $50,000 and none of them have ever broken down or run out of fuel. Ever.

Changes again at the cotter road underpass. Two lots of "traffic calming" structures have been placed at each end of the underpass. They have been placed in a way that makes them dangerous if you aren't expecting to stop. They are also designed for one bike at a time so be prepared to give way if another cyclist is approaching from the opposite direction. There is no signage indicating the change.

NO broken down/abandoned cars to report on Fed Hwy or Majura Pkwy at the moment! Left-hand southbound lane of Majura Pkwy near back of Ikea was closed most of today while workers were painting lines on the road and installing new road sign. May still be doing it tomorrow. Bike lane there has been closed for a couple of months or so while they have been building a new exit road to Ikea, should be finished very soon and bike lane reopened.Ongoing roadwork near the Queanbeyan end of Sutton Rd (upgrading drainage), looks like it will be going on for a few more weeks yet

Dead marsupial in bike lane of Majura Parway (southbound Gungahlin end) just as it flattens out near where the 100km/h speed limit starts.

Another dead marsupial in the northbound lane of Majura Parkway up under the Federal Highway overpass. Further down the hill on Horse Park Drive heading toward Gungahlin there is a dead joey but most of it is off the bike lane and in the grass, just a bit sad.

Marsupials seemed to have been cleaned up now. Pity the govt workers weren't as fast or as diligent at clearing other debris like smashed glass, lumps of wood and various broken car components or fixing potholes.

There is a new set of banana rails being installed just near the National Rock Garden car park. Not sure why. I thought the banana rails were progressively being removed. And they are very unnecessary at this point.

"Cotter Road underpass works Friday 23rdThe contractors informed us today that they will be pouring concrete on the shared path at Yarralumla Creek from 6 am to 4 pm tomorrow Friday. You will have to dismount and use the side path to walk around the work area during the works. A full time traffic controller will assist."

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